F. Lee Bailey
Francis Lee Bailey Jr., commonly referred to as F. Lee Bailey, (June 10, 1933 – June 3, 2021) was an American criminal-defense lawyer. Bailey was born in Waltham, Massachusetts. He worked in Massachusetts and Florida.[1]
Bailey represented Doctor Sam Sheppard on appeal after Sheppard was convicted of murdering his wife. Bailey managed to get Sheppard a retrial, in which Bailey was successful in getting Sheppard acquitted. Bailey was the lead lawyer in successfully defending Captain Ernest Medina in the court martial for the My Lai Massacre. Bailey, along with others, successfully defended O. J. Simpson in the trial where Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown.[2]
In 2014, the Maine State Bar Association and the Maine Supreme Judicial Court denied Bailey's petition to have his law license reinstated.[3]
Bailey died in Atlanta, Georgia on June 3, 2021, one week before his 88th birthday.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Young, Sage (16 February 2016). "Where Is F. Lee Bailey Now? The O.J. Simpson Defense Attorney Faced His Own Controversy". Bustle. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "SJC-08764: In the matter of F. Lee Bailey", "Suffolk, December 2, 2002 - April 11, 2003," mass.gov, accessed October 7, 2007
- ↑ Hudson, David L., Jr. (December 1, 2014). "F. Lee Bailey Loses his Quest to Practice Law Again After Past Misdeeds". ABA Journal.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Kahn, Joseph (June 3, 2021). "F. Lee Bailey, brilliant, brash lawyer in high-profile trials, dies". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
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